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Originally Posted by Пятхъдесят Шест
I guess I don't see what difference it makes anyway. If there are ghosts, what purpose do they serve, and why should you are I care? They obviously aren't doing much in the way of anything.
They're pretty boring entities anyway, if they are living after death in one form or another, and using that to walk around houses and slam doors, and show up in pictures, what a waste.
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I agree that it's a completely useless and unimportant issue; I really care very little about it. But I think it's interesting. It captivates a lot of people and still no one can come up with a satifactory answer. Kind of like a branch of philosophy.
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Originally Posted by alyasa
Ah yes, the Christian demon or the muslim djinn. From a monotheistic point of view, the most likely explanation of supernatural occurences. It is actually prerequisite in the Islamic religion to believe in the supernatural, as this is related to the fact that we have to believe in the devils and the angels. A more likely explanation for the common ghost sightings are actually residue emotions and thoughts that are overwhelming regarding a certain event or person or place or time. Have you ever walked through a garden you've walked with a loved one before and become completely overwhelmed by emotions? Psychic pollution.
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I've even heard that theory go so far as to claim atmospheric oxidation is the cause, and that occasionally, with the right emotional output, the air can replay certain oxidized recordings. I'm not sure how much I buy into that theory - I think that certain places can evoke sensory illusions, but not necessarily because of past events there. It seems a bit romanticized to me. But it's much better than many explanations.